Kompromat
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Kompromat (Russian: Компромат) refers to a form of grey propaganda used in information warfare against opponents in business and politics in Russia.
The word is shorthand for the compromising materials which journalists obtain from commercial interests or security services and then publicize. The kompromat might be true, it might be forged, it might be half true, but it is always distributed to tarnish someone's reputation at the behest of a foe.
PsyOps units of the U.S. military are allowed to create false Kompromat although not for the consumption of domestic audiences.[1]
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- Compromat.ru (in Russian)
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